Rolf de Heer Chronolography

Rolf de Heer's first six films are available in a 6-DVD box-set for about $70. At March 2013, they were on sale from Umbrella Entertainment for $40. Update: they are now listed as out of stock, and back to $70.

Another set of the next six films is also available as a different 7-DVD box-set for about $50 from the distributor, Madman. The films are the last six releases (currently) from Dance to Dr Plonk.

Tail of a Tiger (Rolf de Heer, 1985) wr. Rolf de Heer, dp Richard Michalak, original music Graham Tardif; children's film about a boy who wants to fly - and does fly, in a Tiger Moth

This is a European 'idea' film - similar to Werner Herzog's Jeder für sich und Gott gegen alle; many people will find the first fifteen minutes tough going. Featured on the NFSA site with curator's notes and three clips.

Dance Me to My Song (Rolf de Heer, 1998) wr. Rolf de Heer, Heather Rose, Frederick Stahl, dp Tony Clark, original music Graham Tardif; Heather Rose, John Brumpton; Cannes; the co-writer, who is also the main character, is disabled with cerebral palsy; Heather Rose Slattery died 2002, aged 36; she had made a brief appearance in Bad Boy Bubby, presumably when RdeH met her

Ten Canoes (Rolf de Heer, Peter Djigirr, 2006) wr. Rolf de Heer, prod. Rolf de Heer, Julie Ryan, dp Ian Jones; was to be co-directed by Rolf de Heer and David Gulpilil, but the latter pulled out; performed entirely in the Ganalbingu language of Gulpilil's Yolngu people in Arnhem Land, according to the FFC it is "one of the few Australian feature films to rely on English subtitles"; surreal tragi-comedy

Girls Like Us (planning) "I'm writing a screenplay based on a book called Girls Like Us, which is about Carole King, Joni Mitchell and Carly Simon and their music and their lives, and how that affected women in the 60s and 70s in the States"